MBh, 1, 192, 12.1 daivaṃ tu paramaṃ manye pauruṣaṃ tu nirarthakam /

MBh, 2, 43, 32.1 daivam eva paraṃ manye pauruṣaṃ tu nirarthakam /

MBh, 2, 43, 34.1 tena daivaṃ paraṃ manye pauruṣaṃ tu nirarthakam /

MBh, 9, 23, 31.2 nirarthakaṃ mahad vairaṃ kuryād anyaḥ suyodhanāt //

MBh, 12, 115, 7.3 vane kāka ivābuddhir vāśamāno nirarthakam //

MBh, 12, 137, 14.2 apakṛtyāpi satataṃ sāntvayanti nirarthakam //

MBh, 12, 157, 10.2 yadā nirarthakaṃ vetti tadā sadyaḥ praṇaśyati //

MBh, 13, 118, 23.2 śriyaṃ dṛṣṭvā manuṣyāṇām asūyāmi nirarthakam //

Rām, Su, 56, 71.2 tarjitaṃ ca tadā tāsāṃ sītāṃ prāpya nirarthakam //

Rām, Utt, 38, 4.1 bharatena vayaṃ paścāt samānītā nirarthakam /

Divyāv, 19, 107.1 śrutvā ca punarasyaitadabhavan na bhagavān nirarthakaṃ śītavanaṃ gacchati //

ŚTr, 1, 75.2 te 'mī mānuṣarākṣasāḥ parahitaṃ svārthāya nighnanti ye ye tu ghnanti nirarthakaṃ parahitaṃ te ke na jānīmahe //

BhāgPur, 4, 16, 19.2 yasminavidyāracitaṃ nirarthakaṃ paśyanti nānātvamapi pratītam //

TĀ, 4, 237.2 na nirarthakaṃ evāyaṃ saṃnidher gajaḍādivat //